What Happens to Wildlife When Flood Waters Rise? Photos from the Mississippi River Flood
To save New Orleans, engineers intentionally flooded thousands of acres in Louisiana.
About a week ago Louisiana State Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Jim LaCour sat back a with a pair of binoculars and watched as hundreds of animals clambered over a levee to escape rising floodwaters. Deer, bears, turkeys and small mammals were all headed for the same place: high ground.
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